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• Öcalan’s lawyer Newroz Uysal faces 15 years in prison 

  In the trial of Kurdish lawyer Newroz Uysal in Amed, the prosecution is demanding up to 15 years in prison for membership of a terrorist organisation. Uysal is one of the last people to have met Abdullah Öcalan in person.
• Advertising van in Marseille exposes Turkish crimes in Kurdistan 

  The month of indefinite action started by the DKTM in Marseille, France continues. Turkish attacks and crimes against the Kurds were exposed by an advertising van moving through the streets of the city the whole day.
• HDP announces permanent action in front of the Ministry of Justice 

  HDP deputies have decided to stage permanent action in front of the Ministry of Justice demanding the end of the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and to allow lawyers to visit him.
• Protest at Venice Marco Polo Airport in solidarity with the Kurds against Turkish attacks 

  Protest in solidarity with Rojava at the Turkish Airlines check-in desk at Venice Marco Polo International Airport.
• HDP MPs protest isolation in front of the Ministry of Justice 

  Deputies of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have launched a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Justice demanding an end to the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and an urgent visit to him in prison.
• Frankfurt appeal to end the Turkish war of aggression 

  Dozens of academics, intellectuals, doctors, journalists signed the Frankfurt appeal demanding to end the Turkish war of aggression. 
• HDP deputies march to Ministry of Justice demanding to end isolation 

  HDP deputies are marching to the Ministry of Justice to demand the end of the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• TCŞ members protest isolation of Öcalan and Turkish attacks 

  TCŞ members drew attention to the isolation imposed on the Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the Turkish invasion attacks in Kurdistan by hanging banners in two neighbourhoods of Athens.
• Activists from Cologne take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group of activists from Cologne took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in week 548.
• Seven Rojava prisoners sent to Konya Ereğli T Type jail 

  Seven Rojava prisoners held hostage by the Turkish state in Şakran Prison were deported to Konya Ereğli T Type Prison.
• Şenyaşar Family: Our vigil will continue until justice is served 

  The Şenyaşar Family has been holding a justice vigil for 652 days for family members killed in June 2018 when bodyguards and relatives of AKP Urfa MP Ibrahim Halil Yıldız attacked the family's shop in Urfa's Suruç during the election campaign.
• HDP: Government is using the judiciary as a stick to batter critical politicians 

  The silence of the international community will contribute to the aggravation of the conditions under which the opposition carries out its activities in the run up to the upcoming elections, warns the HDP.
• Eight detained during house raids in Kocaeli and Batman 

  In the course of the political campaign of extermination against the opposition in Turkey, eight people have been detained in Kocaeli and Batman, and four others are being sought.
• General strike in Iran and East Kurdistan 

  A three-day strike has been launched as the unprecedented popular movement that began on September 16 in Iran and East Kurdistan marks its 95th day.
• Eight civilians killed in terrorist attack in Diyala, Iraq 

  Eight civilians were killed and five others injured in a suspected ISIS attack in the Diyala district of Iraq.
• HDP condemns slapping by police of former deputy Ferhat Encü 

  The HDP condemned the slapping by police of Istanbul office co-chair and former deputy Ferhat Encü.
• Activists in Paris demand justice for Maraş, Roboski and 19 December 2000 Prison massacres 

  A meeting was held in Paris to remember the 1978 Maraş Massacre, the 19 December 2000 Prison Massacre and the 28 December 2011 Roboski Massacre.
• HDP members detained in Mersin accused of attending funerals 

  The HDP members detained during an operation in Mersin have been released on condition of "judicial control". The investigations are related to participation in funerals of martyrs.
• HDP under police blockade in Istanbul: The downfall of the criminal empire is imminent 

  The Turkish police never tire of their attempts to suppress the voices of the opposition. With a large contingent, the authorities had the HDP district association in Kadıköy sealed off.
• Former co-mayors of Hakkari sentenced to 11 years in prison each 

  Dilek Hatipoğlu and Nurullah Çiftçi, former co-mayors of Hakkari, have been sentenced to 11 years in prison each.
• Police raid offices of PAK, PSK and Azadi Movement in Amed 

  The Turkish regime’s repression of the Kurds continues unabated.
• Senyaşar Family receives arbitrary parking fine over banner demanding justice 

  The Senyaşar Family was given a "parking" fine because they put a banner demanding justice on their private car.
• Activists in Toronto call on the CPT to act against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Kurds and their friends living in Toronto, Canada protested the Turkish attacks in Kurdistan and the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali prison.
• Nuran Imir: Government has to address concerns over Mr Öcalan 

  HDP Şırnak MP Nuran Imir said: "What is hiding in Imralı? The government has to accept the applications of lawyers, family and us and relieve the concerns of millions.”
• Young people in Wan protest isolation 

  A group of young people held a march in Wan to protest the absolute isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.